Great egrets in the Everglades are losing their sexual motivation because they are exposed to mercury through the fish they eat, a University of Florida study using more than 20 years of data has ...

Egrets, herons and spoonbills show off their resplendent breeding plumage of silken white, blues and pinks as they crowd into trees budding out for spring. This island, in Clay Bottom Pond at Houston ...

Fall often sees certain larger-species breeding birds come up from the south and wander through the Tri-State, moving (illogically, it would seem) in a direction opposite to the birds’ ultimate ...

We stood breathless watching scores of egrets, herons, spoonbills and other water birds in their elaborate breeding plumage at Houston Audubon’s Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island. They prance ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Out of all endangered birds in Pennsylvania, the great egret may be a top contender for having one of the most interesting backgrounds. While these birds don't call the Keystone ...